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Acad. St Martin in the Fields
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Location:
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Charlottesville
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Event Type(s):
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Arts / Theatre / Music
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Organization:
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The Paramount
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Description:
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Sir Neville Marriner says that the small ensemble he founded in 1958 ‘had no intention of giving any concerts or continuing
forever’. Happily, whatever the initial intention, 50 years on the Academy is firmly established as one of the world’s leading
chamber orchestras and, according to The Times journalist Richard Morrison, ‘As you travel round the globe, the Academy’s
name has an aura possessed by no other British orchestra’.
Formed from a group of leading London musicians and working without a conductor, the Academy gave its first performance
in its namesake church on 13th November 1959. Demand for the Academy, particularly in the recording studio, soon began
to grow as did the size of the orchestra and the repertoire it performed. Today the Academy performs in combinations
ranging from a chamber group to a symphony orchestra.
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Address:
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215 East Main Street
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Charlottesville, Virginia 22902
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Date:
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Friday, 11/5/2010
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Start Time:
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8:00 PM
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